Quote from itchy;3775:
Great site you guys have, I just want to say that it was never my intention to 'use' anyone. If some of you felt that way, I give my sincere apology.
I simply had no time to allocate to the site on a regular basis and decided to step away instead of doing an half assed job on tuning it.
On the money topic, I just want to say I'm pretty sure I put in the most work on mabiguru in terms of getting the site running (not administrating it). I have spent countless nights up till 4am to finish the last version of guru after getting off from a full day of work then taking care of my girlfriend and 3 cats.
If there were no ads and revenue, there won't be google. Would you like to tell Larry Page and Sergey Brin that you felt used by them because they are now profiting off you using google search?
Again, take care, you were all a great bunch.
No, see, this is where it gets fun.
There is NO EXCUSE, NONE, For you to NEVER speak to your "staff". I busted my ass for several months - writing guides, disciplining members, keeping staff and users alike in line, and not ONCE did I EVER see you or speak to you. I don't care how much you whine about being busy and having things to do - I have juggled school, my family, and volunteer hours amongst dealing with Guru, and never, EVER did I have the nerve to believe this entitled me to profiting off of the work of others, no matter how much I felt I had worked myself.
How arrogant. How horribly, disgustingly arrogant of you to assume that you are ~so much busier~ and ~so much more important~ than the rest of us that you DESERVE the dozens of dollars a day which rolled in to YOU thanks to OUR hard work. Disgusting.
At the end of the day, for us, it is about the community.
I don't care how hard you think you work or how busy you think you are, you do not EVER deserve to profit off of the hard work of someone else. Ever. Part of being a businessman is understanding and practicing good ethics. That being said, I wouldn't call you a businessman if my life depended on it.
At the end of the day, for you, it is about the dollar sign. It is about how many pennies the staff's hard work can land in your pocket. Not okay.
The fact that you IGNORED users and staff alike complaining about malicious ads amongst other things just goes to show how much you care about us. You put those ads above us on many occasions.
And just who the hell do you think you are?
Google and Guru cannot even BEGIN to compare. Guru, you've got a dedicated staff working countless hours to keep the community running smoothly. Google you have a huge, organized company that works together to provide a service. The biggest difference? Everyone at Google, EVERYONE, is paid at the end of the week. At Guru? It's love for the community. It's the staff giving their much needed time and energy to keep things running like a well-oiled machine while YOU sit back and profit. There is NO way for you to get around that or hide it. None.
My father runs several large websites with millions of new hits every day. He has a hard working team that works WITH HIM on each one. He offers internships and credit hours to those who choose to volunteer instead of being paid staff. He takes care of a family of four and two other jobs, but STILL gets up at 4AM and goes to bed whenever he isn't needed anymore.
THAT is what an administrator is about.
Not sitting back and abandoning the people who work hard for you on a daily basis.
HOW DARE YOU sit back and profit off of us while we work and then try to come around here and act as though you were deserving of it. You deserve nothing more than for your precious site to die off and to be beaten to the punch with other sites in the future. Good riddance.
I'm glad I never knew you.
And btw sweetie, your butthurt is showing. Don't come back. :3